The Veteran's benign positional vertigo is not etiologically related to service and was not aggravated by a service-connected disability. The Board denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's benign positional vertigo to his military service or any service-connected condition, and the condition did not manifest until after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- benign positional vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1323717
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